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Re: Problems with numerical accuracy?
I only managed to print 16 bits of accuracy on the embedded board. But
I am not certain that printing the FP value will give me the answer to
how many bits are used. Do anyone else has a better suggestion to how
I could check the accuracy. I cannot find any information about it on
the spesification of the real time OS.
On the computer I use doubles.
On Wed, May 30, 2012 at 11:32 AM, marco atzeri <marco.atzeri@gmail.com> wrote:
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> On 5/30/2012 11:08 AM, Vegard Aaker wrote:
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>> ?Hi,
>>
>> I am writing a optimization algorithm that solves a quite large linear
>> system of floating point numbers. The algorithm works well on a PC,
>> and should be quite robust to floating point errors. But when I am
>> using a microcontroller the algorithm crash, most likely due to
>> numerical issues.
>>
>> I am using the Ethernut 5 board and Nut/Os that use newlib as the
>> floating point library. Now I am wondering what kind of accuray I can
>> expect from newlib compared to for example a PC (running windows)?
>> Should I expect much more accuracy if the microcontroller contains a
>> FPU?
>>
>> Kind regards
>> Vegard Aaker
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> number of digits for your calculation on board and PC ?
>
> On PC are you using floats or doubles ?
>
>
> A windows FPU could make calculation with 64 or 80 bits.
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> Regards
> Marco
>
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- Vegard